- #1 A Date with Death
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,836 reviews2023
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.9%, Otome 18.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Romance 10.1%
- #2 Bewitching Sinners
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 509 reviews2024
Dev: Miss Xero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bewitching Sinners is a dark comedy dating sim where your choices will either leave you with your true love or ruin a whole world and potentially killing millions of people within it, no pressure! Explore a fantasy world full of witches, hot priests, and the occasional dance with death.
Why similar: Otome 23.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Dating Sim 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Romance 9.6%
- #3 Pinewood Island
96% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: Jaime Scribbles Games
Windows · Mac
Find love, solve a murder, and prevent more death in this murder-mystery horror otome | visual novel.
Why similar: Otome 24% ★, Dating Sim 13.2%, Romance 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #4 Folie Fatale
95% matchVery Positive86% of 2,531 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Otome 26.7% ★, Dating Sim 13.1%, Thriller 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Mystery 7.1%
- #5 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,103 reviews2025
Dev: Xso
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Love Curse is a GL visual novel. You’ve fallen under a curse, and the only way to break it is to find your soulmate! The clock is ticking… Will you find true love? And what secrets will you uncover along the way?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.9%, Dating Sim 18.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Romance 9.7%, Choices Matter 7%
- #6 ERROR143
93% matchVery Positive92% of 4,892 reviews2022
Dev: Jenny Vi Pham
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.
Why similar: Otome 19.1% ★, Dating Sim 18.8%, LGBTQ+ 18%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Romance 10.7%
- #7 BUSTAFELLOWS
92% matchVery Positive86% of 1,017 reviews2021
Dev: NIPPON CULTURAL BROADCASTING EXTEND INC.Pub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A new visual novel from the legendary eXtend! Mixing dangerous romance with murder mystery, BUSTAFELLOWS is a steamy noir mystery that will make you shiver but ask for more!
Why similar: Otome 26.8% ★, Dating Sim 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Romance 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #8 Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
91% matchVery Positive90% of 6,618 reviews2022
Dev: PsyopPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Welcome to Murderer’s Island. Your companions: four dead-sexy Killers who, underneath their murderous exteriors, just want a little romance. Flirt your way into their hearts, uncovering dark twists along the way. Will you find true love, forge friendships… or get hacked to death?
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.2%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Romance 14.1%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #9 X-note
94% matchMixed51% of 253 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
X-note is a blend between Visual Novel and Dating Sim. Follow the story of Essi as she pursues the truth of her mother's death.
Why similar: Otome 31.3% ★, Visual Novel 21.4%, Anime 8.1%, Dating Sim 6.9%, Romance 5.5%
- #10 Mask of the Rose
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 391 reviews2023
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23%, Dating Sim 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Romance 15.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #11 My Vow to My Liege
90% matchVery Positive92% of 4,086 reviews2020
Dev: YETU GAMEPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
《My Vow to My Liege》is a visual novel dating game. Players get to play as a girl disguised as the King of Ng, a man. The 4 dateable characters are: the guide, the enemy, the minister and the guard.Will they choose the man over the country? Love over hate? Who will they finally end up with?
Why similar: Otome 37.5% ★, Romance 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Female Protagonist 7.2%, Anime 4.5%
- #12 Demonheart: The Ice Demon
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?
Why similar: Otome 23.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Dating Sim 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Romance 10.3%
- #13 Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
88% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?
Why similar: Otome 25.3% ★, Dating Sim 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Romance 11.3%, Mystery 9.6%
- #14 Velvet Bite: Softly, with Teeth
89% matchMixed52% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: EVERIUM
Windows · Mac
You've been invited to a Halloween party! Yay! Music! Food! Drinks! Vampires! Wait. VAMPIRES!? Velvet Bite: Softly, With Teeth is a Romantic Visual Novel featuring 6 romanceable vampires.
Why similar: Otome 21.9% ★, Dating Sim 18%, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 5.6%
- #15 Lachesis or Atropos
87% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Mystery 11%, Romance 10.7%
- #16 start;again
86% matchVery Positive95% of 182 reviews2022
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers. Who put him there, and more importantly… who can he trust?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Romance 11.9%, Mystery 10.2%, Dating Sim 9.6%
- #17 Graveyard Girls
84% matchVery Positive98% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Delphinium Interactive
Windows
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.5%, LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Romance 9.4%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #18 Enamored Risks
85% matchVery Positive86% of 204 reviews2020
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
Upon finding a mysterious social media account, Alex sets out to find the origins of the photos and meets three urban explorers, each of them unearthing something new and unfamiliar in her heart.
Why similar: Otome 21.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Dating Sim 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Romance 9.7%
- #19 Emberfate: Tempest of Elements
84% matchVery Positive98% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: Wind Chimes Games Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
An immersive MMORPG-simulation chatroom based romance / otome visual novel. You are the leader of a raiding guild in the world's hottest MMORPG, Emberfate. Will you lead your guild to success in the newest raid — and perhaps find love along the way among your guildmates?
Why similar: Otome 24.3% ★, Dating Sim 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #20 Signed and Sealed With a Kiss
86% matchMixed67% of 72 reviews2019
Dev: Reine Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Raise" your own perfect boyfriend in this visual novel-stat raiser. Will you fall in love or will you say goodbye?
Why similar: Otome 24.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Dating Sim 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Romance 9.8%
- #21 Heart Fragment
82% matchVery Positive92% of 330 reviews2021
Dev: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Can you collect all the fragments to reach your happy ending? Or will your attempts only end in tragedy? Find out in this psychological otome game as you sort your way through the secrets & lies.
Why similar: Otome 22.8% ★, Visual Novel 12.6%, Dating Sim 11.2%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%, Romance 10.3%
- #22 Dangerous Fellows: Otome Game
83% matchMixed45% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: Storytaco
Windows
Otome dating sim - make your choices and survive this thriller romance game!
Why similar: Otome 28.5% ★, Dating Sim 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 12.1%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #23 Find Love or Die Trying
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to the only killer dating show where ending up single means ending up dead! Date or die, it's up to your choices!
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.5%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Romance 18.5%, Anime 9.5%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #24 Arcade Spirits
81% matchVery Positive91% of 627 reviews2019
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Otome 16.7% ★, Dating Sim 15.9%, Romance 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #25 The Radiants
81% matchVery Positive86% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: Rose Arcana Games
Windows · Mac
The Radiants is a magical adventure visual novel with light stat raising & multiple endings. Choose what kind of Oracle you will become and maybe find romance along the way.
Why similar: Otome 26.1% ★, Dating Sim 16.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Romance 11.8%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #26 Lady in Mystery
80% matchVery Positive94% of 163 reviews2021
Dev: nolsoft
Windows
Welcome to a small detective agency in old Seoul. Lady in Mystery is a Yuri mystery visual novel set in 18th-century Joseon. Choose one of four women to grow closest to Heesoo, the disguised detective. Your choices may lead to love, revenge, or darker paths than you imagined.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Romance 14.4%, Mystery 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #27 Asphyxia
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 277 reviews2015
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A gloomy lesbian / yuri visual novel featuring characters based on famous Romantic poets such as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. Can you help Samantha Coleridge repair her fractured relationship with Lillian Wordsworth?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Romance 12.6%, Dating Sim 12.1%, Anime 7.7%
- #28 Criminally Yours
78% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Meant to Bee Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A superhero-themed yandere romance visual novel. He's your coworker, your crush, and the villain you need to stop? Make choices to be with your supervillian ex, or move on to a new hot superhero.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Romance 15.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.3%, Text-Based 9.6%
- #29 Heart Cage
76% matchVery Positive97% of 327 reviews2025
Dev: RiceLoveCoffee
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yandere x Otome x Mystery A mystery Otome game with all yandere love interest, play as a detective and find out the truth!
Why similar: Otome 36.7% ★, Dating Sim 17.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Mystery 8.5%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
- #30 Royal Alchemist
78% matchVery Positive93% of 322 reviews2020
Dev: Nifty VisualsPub: Nifty Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Intrigue, betrayal, deaths! An Otome / BxB survival Raising Simulation in a high-fantasy royal court setting with RPG elements.
Why similar: Otome 25.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Dating Sim 14.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Romance 9.2%
- #31 Dreambound
77% matchVery Positive95% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Romance 12.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Dating Sim 11.2%
- #32 Kill or Love
77% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Romance 18.2%, Anime 14.6%, Thriller 13.5%, Mystery 8.8%
- #33 XOXO Droplets
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 353 reviews2017
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An otome dating sim about a humorously jerky young lady and her mission to woo one of multiple uniquely, but equally, obnoxious guys.
Why similar: Otome 29.5% ★, Dating Sim 21.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Romance 11.6%, Anime 4.8%
- #34 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
75% matchVery Positive90% of 1,652 reviews2024
Dev: DeluCat Productions
Windows
You have unfortunately been captured by a serial killer, and you must increase your chances of survival within seven days. Your choices will determine how he treats you and the outcome of your relationship. What will your final relationship with him be...?
Why similar: Dating Sim 33.6%, Otome 21.9% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Romance 11.2%, Anime 4.5%
- #35 Deliver Us From Evil (DUFE)
76% matchVery Positive89% of 84 reviews2022
Dev: Galen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Romance supernatural bachelors and investigate humanity’s dark wishes!
Why similar: Otome 25.9% ★, Dating Sim 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Romance 11.2%, Mystery 7.5%
- #36 missed messages.
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,474 reviews2019
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.2%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Romance 16.3%, Choices Matter 15%, Female Protagonist 5.2%
- #37 Lover's Enigma
73% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: FallenCranberry StudioPub: Okasan's Recipe
Windows · Mac
In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma. Navigate a web of secrets involving a hidden cult and key characters. Your choices shape the story and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Otome 23.4% ★, Dating Sim 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Romance 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #38 Love Love Mystery Club
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 594 reviews2026
Dev: LuminDrivePub: NANA Stories
Windows · Mac
In Love Love Mystery Club, you’re the newest member of the Detective Club at a seemingly ordinary high school. Through Full Motion Video (FMV) storytelling, your choices steer the narrative—will your heart find tenderness… or will hidden horrors emerge from the darkness?
Why similar: Dating Sim 34.8%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Mystery 8.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #39 Of Frost and Flowers
74% matchVery Positive91% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: Elseth GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
An otome-fantasy visual novel. Play as Alto, a fearless knight, and enter a world of magic and myths with secrets waiting for you to unveil.
Why similar: Otome 25.4% ★, Dating Sim 14.4%, Romance 11%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Mystery 6.7%
- #40 Love Alone Death
72% matchVery Positive99% of 418 reviews2023
Dev: vivid selfish
Windows · Mac
Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.4%, Dating Sim 21.4%, Romance 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #41 Glass Heart
73% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Eternal Love Studios, LLC.
Windows
A 20% chance is all you have to survive the surgery. Will love give you the strength to continue this life or will you be singing with the angels? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Otome 29.3% ★, Dating Sim 15.3%, Romance 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Anime 5.5%
- #42 Yuri Dating Agency
72% matchVery Positive89% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Red bean Taiyaki
Windows · Mac
Yuri Dating Agency - a speed dating simulator for WLW. You're a girl who likes girls, walking into this Yuri dating agency to find yourself a date. Here, you will be able to get to know lots of girls. Will you be able to win their hearts?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.2%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Dating Sim 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #43 BAD END THEATER
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,656 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.5%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Multiple Endings 11%, Romance 9.4%
- #44 Demonheart
73% matchVery Positive91% of 756 reviews2017
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discover the secrets of the witches and demons in this dark fantasy romance game, featuring a female protagonist whose personality is completely up to the player thanks to extensive dialog choices.
Why similar: Otome 25.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.1%, Dating Sim 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Romance 11.2%
- #45 Blossoms Bloom Brightest
75% matchMixed69% of 211 reviews2017
Dev: Reine Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 26%
A sci-fi, yuri visual novel with a dollop of mystery.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Romance 13.9%, Dating Sim 10.9%, Anime 7.2%
- #46 Killer Chat! - Original Edition
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,237 reviews2025
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Killer Chat! is a satirical serial killer dating chatsim. Play as a (customisable!) writer as you pretend to be a serial killer, get inspiration for your book, fall in love and try not to call the cops through a whirlwind six months with your murderous beau of choice. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Otome 24% ★, LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Dating Sim 20.5%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Romance 12.4%
- #47 Finding Cinderella
70% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: 2humanstudiowo
Windows
A lighthearted game about love and murder.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.5%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Romance 15%, Mystery 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #48 A Pinch of Magic
71% matchVery Positive84% of 238 reviews2021
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
Save your grandparent's failing café/magic shop from bankruptcy and possibly fall in love!
Why similar: Otome 20.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.1%, Dating Sim 15.2%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Character Customization 6.8%
- #49 Band Camp Boyfriend
69% matchVery Positive98% of 123 reviews2023
Dev: Lovebird Game Studios
Windows
Will you lead your marching band to victory as drum major? Explore band camp and attend rehearsal alongside an unforgettable cast of characters, where every choice matters. Find love or face tragedy in 7 routes with 35+ different endings in this colorful, musically-rich otome visual novel.
Why similar: Otome 26.4% ★, Dating Sim 17%, Romance 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #50 Hydrangea
68% matchVery Positive92% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: Meiri Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.7%, Visual Novel 21%, Romance 14.4%, Anime 10.4%, Character Customization 5.8%
- #51 Yet Another Killing Game
67% matchVery Positive98% of 229 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Thriller 21%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Mystery 14.8%, Anime 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #52 Find Love or Die Trying: Til Death Do Us Part
69% matchMixed69% of 166 reviews2025
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Linux
The afterstory to Find Love or Die Trying is here! Continue your romance with your chosen partner in the world beyond the killer dating show. Will your love survive, when the world turns against you?
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.3%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Romance 18.7%, Anime 9.9%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #53 Rose Academy
66% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: KK Studio
Windows · Mac
A detective visual novel inspired by Danganronpa and Everlasting Summer. You play as a young agent sent to an elite girls’ academy to investigate a suspicious death. Interrogate suspects, gather clues, and build romantic relationships — truth or temptation?
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Romance 16.6%, Mystery 8.9%, Anime 8.9%
- #54 SoulSet
70% matchVery Positive90% of 161 reviews2017
Dev: NoBreadStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
SoulSet is a mystery/romance visual novel, in which you can try to avoid death and pursue a relationship with both male and female characters. You play as Mariko, who finds herself trapped in an eerie mansion with five other people who claim to have no recollection of their past. Who will you trust?
Why similar: Otome 18.7% ★, Visual Novel 18%, Dating Sim 11.8%, Romance 9.1%, LGBTQ+ 7.4%
- #55 Purrfect Date - Visual Novel/Dating Simulator
71% matchMixed61% of 471 reviews2017
Dev: Bae TeamPub: Bossa Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
As Cat Island’s newest arrival, it’s not long before you realise something’s seriously amiss, or should we say… amorous! A blend of mystery, intrigue and wickedly black humour, will you discover your Purrfect Date before it’s too late? Remember, curiosity killed the cat...
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.1%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Romance 12%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Mystery 8.2%
- #56 Degraman: Act I. Vincent
68% matchVery Positive83% of 192 reviews2021
Dev: NamNorm
Windows · Mac · Linux
An otome visual novel - play a powerless victim of a terrifying, unfair world. 200+ choices, 50+ endings, 20+ hours of play - and only one way to escape.
Why similar: Otome 24.5% ★, Thriller 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Romance 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #57 When The Night Comes
66% matchVery Positive93% of 329 reviews2021
Dev: Lunaris Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When The Night Comes is a queer, narrative-driven, supernatural visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.3%, Dating Sim 19%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Romance 13.9%, Otome 13.1% ★
- #58 The Chrono Jotter
65% matchVery Positive94% of 2,231 reviews2021
Dev: Orca LayoutPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.4%, Thriller 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Mystery 13%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #59 Hotel Tutwin
69% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Roxiano Creations
Windows · Mac
Hotel Tutwin is a visual novel designed for horror / romance lovers, but can also be quirky and cute. Each story line is quick and to-the-point, but there are many to discover. Prepare for inevitable deaths.
Why similar: Otome 24% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Romance 11.4%, Dating Sim 10%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #60 Arcadia Fallen
65% matchVery Positive95% of 547 reviews2021
Dev: Galdra Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
Why similar: Otome 22.5% ★, Dating Sim 15%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Romance 9.6%